New, more efficient and robust data storage devices and techniques are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a new form of data storage device is provided, incorporating data storage cells, and a read/write device with auxiliary structure. The auxiliary structure elaborates the simpler data written in the data storage cells to generate more complex and complete data sets. In some embodiments, the physical arrangement, or other attributes, of structural storage device elements serve as a patterned reference device for data enhancement and supplementation. In some embodiments, the data enhancement and supplementation results from one or more chemical and/or physical reactions, in a sequence of such reactions, between writeable domains and auxiliary structure.
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2. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein the content comprises a legacy version of said upgraded version.
3. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein said price for facilitating said upgraded experience is based, at least in part, on an amount of data of said data storage medium that must be repaired to deliver said upgraded experience.
4. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein said price for facilitating said upgraded experience is based, at least in part, on an age of said content.
5. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein said control system, or another control system, sets a price for facilitating said upgraded experience, based, at least in part, on a level of resolution of said content.
6. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein the content is media content.
7. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein the content is entertainment content.
8. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 7, wherein the content is a motion picture.
9. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 7, wherein the content is music.
10. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 7, wherein the content is a video game.
11. The method for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 1, wherein the upgraded version is rented, and a local file, located on said local data storage device, is deleted after said user views said upgraded version.
13. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein the content comprises a legacy version of said upgraded version.
14. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said price for facilitating said upgraded experience is based, at least in part, on an amount of data of said data storage medium that must be repaired to deliver said upgraded experience.
15. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said price for facilitating said upgraded experience is based, at least in part, on an age of said content.
16. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said control system is configured to set said price for facilitating said upgraded experience, based, at least in part, on a level of resolution of said content.
17. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said content comprises a motion picture.
18. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said content comprises music.
19. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said content comprises a video game.
20. The system for providing an upgraded experience to a user of claim 12, wherein said upgraded experience comprises a wider view, a 3-D version or a game version, of said content.
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